Castles

Published on Friday 1 June 2012 09:00 A SPECIAL tour of Lancaster Castle will coincide with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations from June 2 – 5. The Duchy of Lancaster, in partnership with the Lancashire County Council Museums Service, said the tour will enable visitors to see inside the female penitentiary for the first time. Built … Continue reading »

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By Rebecca Hay Published on Monday 28 May 2012 09:37 IT’S a good thing its called Biggar. Why? – because for such a small town, it has a big number of museums and if the locals get their way, it will become bigger sooner than later. This beautiful market town is only an hour’s drive … Continue reading »

Historic Glynallyn Castle in Morristown, open to the public for the first time as part of the annual Mansion in May Showhouse and Gardens fundraiser, will be open through May 31. Built on Morristown’s “Millionaires’ Row,” the three-story, 32,000-square-foot manor home has a dungeon and seven acres of terraced gardens. Sixty area interior and landscape … Continue reading »

Published on Friday 25 May 2012 08:58 COUNCILLORS have refused planning permission for a former castle in a village to be turned into a 10-bedroom hotel after an outcry by residents. The decision comes in a long-running saga that has seen various developers wanting to turn the Grade II-listed 18th-century castle at Castle Eden into … Continue reading »

Lord and Lady Carnarvon outside their home, Highclere Castle, the setting for the series. ON SUNDAY evening, the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon settle down in front of an unreliable television in the study at Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, and look forward to an hour of what the historian A.N. Wilson denounces as sanitised fantasy. … Continue reading »

Photo Gallery: Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey National Post Staff May 25, 2012 – 4:17 PM ET Shari Kulha/National Post Highclere’s 1,000 acres of stunningly beautiful rolling hills are classed an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Breathtaking Cedars of Lebanon, planted from seedlings almost 250 years ago, supply the low-lying branches that frame many … Continue reading »

When cities were in turmoil, and brigands loose in the land, a man’s home was, of necessity, his castle. … For all one knows there will always be an Englishman who refers to his home as his castle. The conceit persists unchallenged because the castle in question is fictitious. Imaginary. A gulf of about ten … Continue reading »

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I beg to differ with anybody who says Bunratty Castle is overrated. I think it’s been underrated by several of the popular guidebooks and would prefer a day strolling through the castle and folk park here any day to trying to hang upside down so I could kiss the Blarney Stone. I mean, really…think about … Continue reading »